"So..." I started carefully, acknowledging the awkwardness of what I needed to ask. "Do you want to do it here?"
"Euh?" Cindy raised her gaze to me with genuine confusion, her blue eyes widening slightly as she processed what I was suggesting.
"Currently we're alone and have actual privacy," I explained. "Once we go back to the others, we'll be constantly surrounded by the others—fifty people packed into close quarters with minimal privacy. And that situation will continue until we reach Atlantic City and find a safe place to properly settle down. It could be days before we'd have another opportunity like this where we can be alone without worrying about being interrupted or observed."
I paused, watching her face as understanding dawned. "So realistically, it will be extremely difficult to find appropriate time and place to handle your stabilization needs if we don't take advantage of our current circumstances."
